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In Uncertain Times: American Foreign Policy after the Berlin Wall and 9/11

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Description for In Uncertain Times: American Foreign Policy after the Berlin Wall and 9/11 Paperback. Editor(s): Leffler, Melvyn P.; Legro, Jeffrey W. Series: A Miller Center of Public Affairs Book. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPR; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 388.

In Uncertain Times considers how policymakers react to dramatic developments on the world stage. Few expected the Berlin Wall to come down in November 1989; no one anticipated the devastating attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon in September 2001. American foreign policy had to adjust quickly to an international arena that was completely transformed.

Melvyn P. Leffler and Jeffrey W. Legro have assembled an illustrious roster of officials from the George H. W. Bush, Clinton, and George W. Bush administrations—Robert B. Zoellick, Paul Wolfowitz, Eric S. Edelman, Walter B. Slocombe, and Philip Zelikow. These policymakers describe how ... Read more

A group of eminent scholars address these same topics. Bruce Cumings, John Mueller, Mary Elise Sarotte, Odd Arne Westad, and William C. Wohlforth probe the unstated assumptions, the cultural values, and the psychological makeup of the policymakers. They examine whether opportunities were seized and whether threats were magnified and distorted. They assess whether academicians and independent experts would have done a better job than the policymakers did. Together, policymakers and scholars impel us to rethink how our world has changed and how policy can be improved in the future.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Series
A Miller Center of Public Affairs Book
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780801476198
SKU
V9780801476198
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About Unknown
Melvyn P. Leffler is Edward R. Stettinius Professor of American History in the Department of History at the University of Virginia. He is the author of many books, including A Preponderance of Power: National Security, the Truman Administration and the Cold War and For the Soul of Mankind: The United States, the Soviet Union, and the Cold War. Jeffrey W. ... Read more

Reviews for In Uncertain Times: American Foreign Policy after the Berlin Wall and 9/11
The invaluable perspective provided by the authors, both of whom actually participated in the strategic policy building of the time, as well as the detailed research and rigorous analysis contributed by the academic scholars, is beyond reproach or comparison to any other works on this subject.... This book is a must read for those interested in U.S foreign policy and ... Read more

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